Lyndon Neuronburg, VE7TCP, set up KDA, a private reflector - bulletin board on the Internet for us. It is doubtful that we could have arranged all the details and solved the problems without it. We are deeply indebted to Lyndon. KDA has run for nearly two years. Threads arose, heated debate took place, ideas were floated, arguments ensued, problems were solved, decisions were made and the threads died only to be replaced by new ones. The KDA reflector allowed each of us to get to know each other's capabilities and strengths. It is a tribute to the members of the team that when anything was required of any team member, it was done without a problem.

 We must pay also pay tribute to our Webmaster and pilot Don, N1DG, and our other pilots Ron Lago AA7DX, Rob GI0KOW and Joe Aoki JJ3PRT. Special thanks must go to Chris Hannagan ZL2DX who was the other end of the Pactor link in New Zealand. Chris downloaded all our logs and forwarded all our e-mail traffic to friends and family. Bob Sutton ZL1RS built our 40M Four Square array and researched the propagation possibilities for the Dxpedition. Support was given by ZL2TT, ZL2GI and other local NZ amateurs. The help from these dedicated and professional amateurs was incredible. Being out in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of the world means that you lose touch with what's going on in the rest of the world. No TV or Newspapers on Campbell Island! Our pilots and friends in New Zealand kept us in touch with reality.

 Midway into the operation, the team was informed by the ARRL that we were the recipients of the Colvin Award grant for 1999. The team was extremely pleased at receiving this award as we were carrying on DXpeditioning in the tradition of Lloyd and Iris Colvin who gave so much to the amateur community in the many years they traveled the world giving out "new ones" Our heartfelt thanks to the ARRL and the members of the amateur community for supporting this DXpedition.

Some of the gear was lent to the Dxpedition by team members. The rest came from major and minor sponsors. The Yaesu radios operated flawlessly and was a delight to use in the pileups. We used 3 FT1000MPs, FT1000, 2 FT920s, FT990, 2 FT900s and an FT655. The Cushcraft Corporation gave us 2 15M 5el yagis and 2 10M 5el Yagis along with a 4el 20M yagi. Theses were their new XM series with dual driven elements for wide bandwidth. Great antennas! Force 12 gave us a 3el 20M yagi which gave us a pipeline into wherever we had it pointed and the Nagara 12M/17M WARC band antennas performed very well. The Gladiator 30M vertical was excellent. The Commander Amplifiers are workhorses and in spite of the widely varying and often low line voltage from the generators, performed perfectly without failure. The new Yaesu VL1000 Solid state Amplifier is an amazing piece of gear and points the way to the future of solid state amplifiers. Other than a generator failure and a dose of "computer virus" which had Wilbert and Trey scratching their heads before they solved the problem, we had luck on our side. Luck favours the prepared. DXpeditions are all about redundancy. We planned for equipment failures and problems. It was a joy to have seven stations operating at the end with the option of putting another on the air if needed. DXpeditions are like a sky rocket. A lot of preparation precedes the launch. There is great anticipation as to what will happen when it explodes. It is a spectacularly beautiful thing when it does, but only briefly, and then it's all over. Ready for the next one. And so it was with the ZL9CI DXpedition.

 The ZL9CI team - Ken ZL2HU, Lee ZL2AL, Declan EI6FR, Andrew GI0NWG, James 9V1YC, Jason ZL2URN, Brian VE3XA, Jun JH4RHF, Wilbert ZL2BSJ, Trey N5KO, and Murray ZL1CN would like to say thanks to the amateur radio community and our sponsors around the world for their fantastic support and great E-mails. It inspired us to give as many amateurs as possible a chance to work Campbell Island.